Rotterdam studio MVRDV has unveiled plans to build a new skyscraper in its home city, featuring a pixelated facade made up of hundreds of bay windows. More about MVRDV designs new Rotterdam skyscraper featuring pixelated walls
Dezeen promotion: Parisian architecture studio Laisné Roussel took cues from greenhouses to design this white metal tower filled with plants for the first architecture biennale in Lyon, France. More about Laisné Roussel creates white mesh tower featuring two plant-covered slides
Mid-century Portland architect John Yeon is the subject of an exhibition at the city's art museum. Here's a look at five buildings that demonstrate his Northwest modern style. More about Five influential projects by Northwest modern architect John Yeon
An extension to an Italian villa with vertically sliding walls and OMA's plans for a village next to Facebook's HQ are among the stories curated for this week's Dezeen Mail, our weekly newsletter. Subscribe to Dezeen Mail ›
More about Latest Dezeen Mail features an Italian villa with vertically sliding walls and OMA's Facebook village
What Design Can Do has teamed up with Autodesk Foundation and IKEA Foundation to launch the Climate Action Challenge, a competition inviting designers to come up with proposals responding to climate change. More about Climate Action Challenge asks designers for proposals to tackle climate change
World-renowned Paris boutique Colette has announced it will close at the end of the year, to be replaced by a new branch of global brand Saint Laurent. More about "Trendiest store in the world" Colette to close after 20 years
Italian architect Carlo Ratti has revealed plans for a covered garden in Milan, which would use climate-control technology to allow visitors to experience spring, summer, autumn and winter at any time of year. More about All four seasons coexist in Milan garden proposed by Carlo Ratti
Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam has transformed the Royal Dutch Football Association's lion logo into a roaring lioness, to represents the national women's squad. More about Lion crest on Dutch national football kits undergoes sex change for women's team
There are 78 projects contending for this year's World Interior of the Year, including a mathematics gallery designed by Zaha Hadid Architects and the office Neri&Hu created inside an old missile factory. More about World Interior of the Year 2017 shortlist announced
Artist Camille Walala has used her signature colourful style to create a maze inside a southeast London gallery, imagined as a playground where visitors can "unleash their inner child". More about Camille Walala creates colourful labyrinth inside London's Now Gallery
Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for an urban designer/masterplanner to join Hawkins\Brown Architects at its London studio, which recently remodelled The Bartlett architecture school's Bloomsbury building. More ›
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Klein Dytham Architecture has completed a sprawling "village" of shops, restaurants and co-working space within Amanda Levete's recently completed Central Embassy complex in Bangkok, Thailand. More about Klein Dytham creates book-lined leisure space inside AL_A's Central Embassy tower in Bangkok
This rural home designed by Austin-based Dick Clark + Associates features walls made of concrete and glass, and deep roof overhangs that mitigate exposure to harsh sunlight. More about Low-lying residence by Dick Clark stretches across a Texas prairie
Argentinian artist Marta Minujín has used thousands of prohibited books to construct a replica of the Parthenon in Athens on a Nazi book-burning site in Kassel, Germany. More about 100,000 forbidden books used to construct Parthenon replica on Nazi book-burning site
The life and work of modernist architect John Yeon is the focus of an exhibition at Portland Art Museum, which aims to elevate his profile and highlight his contribution to the area. More about Portland Art Museum spotlights local modernist architect John Yeon
Belgian design critic and teacher Jan Boelen has been announced as the curator of next year's Istanbul Design Biennial. More about Jan Boelen named as curator of Istanbul Design Biennial 2018
French artist Daniel Buren has unveiled the final part of a permanent installation at London's Tottenham Court Road station, which sees the walls of the ticket hall covered in colourful shapes and monochrome stripes. More about Daniel Buren adds colourful shapes to Tottenham Court Road tube station
Nike has used its trademark knitted material to create a sports bra, which the company has described as its "biggest Flyknit apparel innovation yet". More about Nike launches lightweight Flyknit sports bra
Mole Architects has completed a house in the English seaside town of Poole, comprising a pair of blackened-timber volumes that resemble the upturned hull of a boat. More about The Houseboat by Mole Architects evokes the underside of a ship's hull
The world's first rope-less, horizontal-vertical elevator system – akin to Willy Wonka's glass elevator – has been installed inside a purpose-built innovation test tower in Germany. More about ThyssenKrupp unveils the world's first sideways-moving elevator system